Island Sounds
By Dady Chery
A solitary guitar
consoles yesterday,
a coq welcomes the dawn,
raindrops tiptoe on a tin roof
while the sun looks on,
a cyclone whistles through the palms,
breadfruits fall from a cloud,
laughter spirals up to the full moon,
feet tap,
hands clap,
vibrate the night,
and stir memories of Guinea
like the silver bracelets
’round our limbs.
We translated
until we discovered
our heartbeats were the same.
Sources: Haiti Chery | Painting: Woman With Guitar, by Haitian artist Jacques-Richard Chery.
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